Silver vs Lead - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
(collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
(collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
(countable) A shiny gray color.
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Made from another white metal.
Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
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(label) Premium, but inferior to gold.
To acquire a silvery colour.
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*:The eastern sky began to silver and shine.
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
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To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep.
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
*(John Gay) (1685-1732)
*:His head was silvered o'er with age.
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum ).
(countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
(uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading .
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
:* I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. —
(countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
(slang) Bullets; ammunition.
To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
(printing) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
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#*:If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch.
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#*:They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill.
#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
#*:In thy right hand lead with thee / The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.
#To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of.instructions. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler.
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#*:The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
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#*:He leadeth me beside the still waters.
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#*:This thought might lead me through the world’s vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
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#*:Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.
#To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
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#*:That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.
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#*:Nor thou with shadow'd hint confuse / A life that leads melodious days.
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#*:You rememberthe life he used to lead his wife and daughter.
(label) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
(label) To begin, to be ahead.
#(label) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
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#*:As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.
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#*:And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
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#(label) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
#(label) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
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##(label) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
##(label) To have the highest interim score in a game.
##(label) To step off base and move towards the next base.
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##(label) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
(label) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
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*:He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.
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*:Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts.
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(uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
:* At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead , . . . I am sure I did my country important service. — (Edmund Burke)
(uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat’s length, or of half a second; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
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(countable) a metallic wire for electrical devices and equipments
(baseball) When a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown
(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
(countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
(countable, mining) A lode.
(nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
In a steam engine, The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
* Usage note : When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.
charging lead
(civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
(horology) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. — Claudias Saunier
Hypothesis that has not been pursued
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
(marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
(curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
(newspapers) A teaser; a lead in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
(engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
(music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
(not comparable) Foremost.
In uncountable terms the difference between silver and lead
is that silver is a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag while lead is precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat’s length, or of half a second; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.In countable terms the difference between silver and lead
is that silver is a shiny gray color while lead is a channel of open water in an ice field.As a proper noun Silver
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=occupations}} for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook.silver
English
(wikipedia silver)Noun
Synonyms
* (metallic element) (l) * (white-metal coins) (l) * (cutlery and other eating utensils) silverware * (when used as a food colouring)Derived terms
(derived terms) * silver alert * spp. ) * ) * ) * () * silver bell tree / silver-bell tree / (Halesia ) * silver berry / silverberry (Elaeagnus ) * silverbill (Lonchura spp. ) * silver birch (Betula pendula ) * silver book * * silver bromide * silver bullet * silver-bush / silverbush * silver ceiling * silver certificate * silver chloride * silver city * silver cord * silver doctor * silver dollar * silver-eared mesia * silver eye / silver-eye / silvereye * ) * silverfin ) * silverfish * silver fir * silver fizz * silver fluoride * silver foil * silver-fork deformity * silver-fork fracture * silver fox * silver frost * silver gilt * silver goose * silver grass * silver-green * silver gray / silver-gray / silvergray / silver grey / silver-grey * silver hake * silver halide * silver iodate * silver iodide * silver jenny * silver jubilee * silver lace / silver-lace * silver lace vine / silver-lace vine * silver leaf * silver-leafed / silver-leaved * silver-leaved nettle * silver-leaved nightshade * silver-leaved poplar * silver lime * silver linden * silver lining * silver maple * silver medal * silver medalist * silver mine * silver mound * silver nitrate * silver oak * silver paper * silver parachute * silver perch * silver pine * silver plate / silver-plate * silver point * silver poplar * silver protein * silver protein stain * silver quandong * silver quandong tree * silver sage * silver sagebrush * silver salmon * silver-scaled * silver screen * silver skin / silver-skin * silver solder * silver spring * silver spruce * silver standard * silver star * silver star medal * silver state * silver storm * silver thatch * silver thaw * silver-tip * silver tree * silver tree fern * silver trout * silver vine * silver wattle * silver willow * silver-workerAdjective
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- Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.
Synonyms
* (having a color like silver) silveryDerived terms
* antimonial silver * bismuth-silver * bromic silver * capillary silver * colloidal silver * cat-silver * dark red silver ore * desilver * desilverise, desilverize * every cloud has a silver lining * flat silver * German silver * horn silver * iodic silver * light red silver ore * (Long John Silver) * molybdic silver * native silver * nickel silver, nickel-silver * red silver * ruby silver * sheep-silver * shell silver * silver age * silver alum * silverback * silver ball * silver balli * silver band * silver bar * silver bath * silver-beater * silver beech * silver beet * silver-beggar * silver bell, silver bell tree * silver-belly * silver bennet * silver berry, silverberry * silverbill * silver birch * silver-black * silver blond, silver blonde * Silverblu, Silver Blu, Silver Blue * silver bream * silver bromide * silver bronze * silver buckle * silver bullet * silver certificate * silver chain * silver char * silver chickweed * silver chloride * silver collection * silver-colored, silver-coloured * silver-copper nitrate * silver cord * the silver cord is loosed * silver doctor * silver dollar * silver dollar fish * silver-dun * silvered * silver eel * silverer * silverette * silver-eye, silvereye * silver-eyes * silver-feast * silver feather * silver fern * silver fir * silver fish, silver-fish, silverfish * silver-fizz * silver fluoride * silver foil * silver-footed * silver-fork * silver fox * silver frost * silver fulminate * silver garfish * silver gibbon * silver gilt, silver-gilt * silver glass * silver grain, silver-grain * silver grass, silver-grass * silver-gray, silver-grey * silver gull * silver-haired * silver hair-grass * silver hake * silver halide * silver handshake * silver-head * silver-headed * silver herb * silver-hilted * silverily * silveriness * silvering * silver iodide * silverise, silverize * silverish * silverism * silverist * silverite * silver iodide * silver jubilee * silver king * silver knapweed * silver lady * Silver Lady * silver lamprey * silver lavender * silver lead, silver-lead * silver-leaf * silver-leaved * silverless * silver-like * silver line, silver lines * silver lining * silver luster, silver lustre * silverly * silver maple * silver-marmoset * silver medal * silver medalist, silver medallist * silver mine * silver-mounted * silverness * silver nitrate * silver oak * silver oar * Silver Office * silver ore * silver oxide * silver paper * silver perch * silver pheasant * silver piece * silver pike * silver pine, silver pine tree * silver plate * silver-plate * silver-plated * silver plover * silver-point, silverpoint * silver-pointed * silver polish * silver poplar * silver-powder * silver print * silver-printing * silver rain * silver ring * silver rule * silver salmon * silver sand * silver-scaled * silver screen * silver service * silver-shafted * Silver Shirts * silver-side, silverside * silver-sides, silversides * silver-skin, silverskin * silversmith * silversmithing * silver solder * silver sole * silver spoon * silver-spoonism * silver-spot, silverspot * silver-sprig * silver standard * Silver Star, Silver Star medal * silver state * Silver State * silver steel * silver-stick * silver streak * silver string * silver sulfide, silver sulphide * silver surfer * silversword * silver table * silvertail, silver-tail * silver-tailed * silver tea * silver telluride * silver thaw * silver thistle * silver thread * silver-tip, silvertip * silver tongue * silver-tongued * silver top * silver-tree * silver trout * silver trumpet * silver trumpeter * silver-voiced * silverware * silver-washed fritillary * silver wattle * silver wedding * silverweed * silver weight * silver whiskers * silver-white * silver-white cobalt * silver willow * silver wire, silver-wire * silver-wood * silver-work * silver wreck * silvery * silver y, silver y moth * sterling silver * telluric silver * telluride of gold and silver * telluride of silverSee also
* argent * argentaffin * argental * argentan * argentane * argentate * argenteous * argentian * argentic * argentiferous * argentific * argentify * Argentina * Argentine * argentine * argentite * argento- * argentometer * argentous * argentry * argentum nitricum * argyria * electrum * (hydrargyrum) * litharge * piastre * plateresque * polybasite * proustite * pyrargyrite * (Rio de la Plata) * sylvanite *Verb
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) leed, from (etyl) . Alternative etymology suggests the possibility that Proto-Germanic *laud?'' may derive from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
- This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
- They pumped him full of lead .
Derived terms
* arm the lead * acetate of lead * black lead * blue lead * cast the lead, heave the lead * chromate of lead * coasting lead * cold lead * deep-sea lead * eka-lead * go down like a lead balloon * hand lead * lap in lead * lay in lead * lead accumulator * lead acetate * lead-acid battery * lead-arming * lead arsenate * lead-ash, lead-ashes * lead-back * lead balloon * lead-bath * lead-blue * lead bronze * lead-brown * lead bullion * lead-burn * lead burning * lead carbonate * lead cell * lead chamber * lead chloride * lead colic * lead color, lead colour * lead-colored, lead-coloured * lead-comb * lead crystal * lead dichloride * lead dinitrate * lead dioxide * lead distemper * lead-eater * leaded * lead encephalopathy * lead-flat * lead-foot * lead-free * lead glance * lead glass * lead-glaze * lead-gray, lead-grey * lead hydrogen arsenate * lead in one's pencil * lead iodide * lead-light * lead-like * lead line * lead-man * lead-marcasite * lead mill * lead-nail * lead nitrate * lead ocher, lead ochre * lead oxide * lead paint * lead palsy * lead-paper * lead-papered * lead paralysis * lead pencil * lead plant * lead-plaster * lead peroxide * lead-pot * lead-poisoning * lead ratio * lead-reeve * lead selenide * lead-sinker * leadsman * lead-soap * lead-spar * lead-sugar * lead sulfide, lead sulphide * lead-swing * lead-swinger * lead-swinging * lead tetraethyl * lead tetroxide * lead-tin * lead-tree * lead vanadate * lead-vitriol * lead-wash * lead-water * lead wool * lead-work * lead-works * lead-wort * mock lead * pencil lead * red lead * red lead ore * sugar of lead * swing the lead * telluride of lead * tetraethyl lead * thorium lead * throw the lead * unleaded * uranium lead * uranium-lead dating * white leadVerb
(en verb)Usage notes
Note carefully these two senses are verbs derived from the noun referring to the metallic element, and are unrelated to the heteronym defined below under .See also
* anglesite * aplomb * cerussite * galena * litharge * plumb * plumb-, plumbo- * plumbagin * plumbago * plumballophane * plumbane * plumbary * plumbate * plumbator * plumb dulcis * plumbean * plumbeous * plumber * plumbian * plumbic * plumbicon * plumbiferous * plumbine * plumbing * plumbism * plumbisolvency * plumbisolvent * plumbite * plumb-joint * plumbless * plumbly * plumbous * plumby * plummet * TELExternal links
* (wikipedia "lead")Etymology 2
(Lead off) From (etyl) leden, from (etyl) .Verb
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Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.}}
Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
Derived terms
(terms derived from the verb "to lead") * belead * inlead * lead astray * lead captive * leader * leading * lead the way * mislead * offlead * onlead * outlead * overlead * take the lead * underleadNoun
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- The runner took his lead from first.
- The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
- Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
Usage notes
Note that these noun (attributive) uses are all derived from the verb, not the chemical element in .Derived terms
(terms derived from the noun "lead") * bury the lead * lead angle * lead in * lead role * lead screw * take the leadAdjective
(-)- The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.